Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy
Society of Clinical Psychology
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms of a wide range of mental illnesses, for example, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addictions (Lutz et al., 2021a). However, psychotherapy can only unfold its effects when the patient receives an adequate “dose” (Nordomo et al., 2021), meaning enough sessions to sufficiently facilitate change in thinking patterns, unhealthy
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